WotLK Classic Enhancement Shaman Guide

Enhancement Shaman is arguably the highest skill cap melee specialization in Wrath Classic, alongside Feral DPS Druid. Fortunately, it is still possible to do well while learning the details, especially when dealing AoE damage, which is where Enhancement excels!

They also provide powerful support totems such as Windfury Totem, Wrath of Air Totem, and Strength of Earth Totem, and have utility totems such as Tremor Totem and Cleansing Totem that can keep allies safe.

If you would like to see where Shaman falls in the overall rankings among DPS specs for both PvE and PvP in Wrath Classic, we have created pages dedicated to explaining what classes and specializations are the best of the best through multiple factors. However, ultimately, you should not let these lists dissuade you from playing what you enjoy.

Strengths

• High skill cap and engaging rotation.
• Excellent area damage and good single-target.
• Fantastic support capabilities through Bloodlust/Heroism, Wrath of Air Totem, Windfury Totem, Strength of Earth Totem, and others.

Weaknesses

• Melee requirement for most of rotation can be awkward in some bosses.
• Low single-target DPS if complex rotation is not performed optimally.
• High amount of Spell Damage dealt causes Armor Penetration to be a bad stat, causing scaling issues in later phases.

Draenei is the only race available. While it is not the most impactful Shaman races, it does provide useful benefits such as its 1% group Hit aura.

• Gemcutting increases your Jewelcrafting skill by 5.
• Gift of the Naaru is an instant-cast spell with a 3-minute cooldown that heals over time. Because it is free, it can be occasionally useful, and being on the Holy school allows you to cast it in PvP even while interrupted on Nature.
• Heroic Presence increases your party's chance to Hit by 1%.
• Shadow Resistance increases your Shadow Resistance by 10.

Orc is the best race for all types of content, with Troll being decently close for PvE, and Tauren has some nice survivability tools but nothing for extra DPS.

• Axe Specialization increases your expertise by 5 while wielding an Axe.
• Blood Fury is a 2-minute cooldown that increases your offensive stats for 15 seconds.
• Command increases your pet damage dealt by 5%.
• Hardiness decreases the duration of stuns on you by 15%.

Orc is the go-to PvP race, due to Hardiness, which reduces the duration of stun effects. They are also great in PvE due to Axe Specialization and Blood Fury, which double dips off Mental Quickness and no longer reduces healing on you!

• Beast Slaying gives a 5% damage bonus against Beasts.
• Berserking is a 3-minute cooldown that gives you 20% increased attack and casting speed for 10 seconds.
• Regeneration gives +10% passive health regeneration and allows you to regenerate 10% of your total health regeneration during combat.

Trolls are a decent choice if your goal is to maximize your throughput, due to Berserking. Beast Slaying can also be useful against Beast-type enemies.

• Cultivation increases your Herbalism skill by 15.
• Endurance increases your total health by 5%.
• Nature Resistance increases your Nature Resistance by 10.
• War Stomp is a 2-minute cooldown that stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds, with a 0.5-second cast time.

War Stomp is quite reliable in PvP, often allowing for an emergency Lesser Healing Wave cast, but has few PvE uses. The 5% increased health from Endurance is useful, but minor.

In Wrath all professions have unique stat bonus benefits, with gathering professions giving the lowest and Engineering and Jewelcrafting (before Epic gems) having the most powerful and flexible benefits, especially in early phases. Blacksmithing also catches up later when Epic gems are introduced.

Engineering is great because of the unique Hyperspeed Accelerators tinker, which gives 340 Haste for 12 seconds every minute. By using this extra Haste during your cooldowns or on difficult parts of a fight, you can get more benefit than the static stats of other professions. Engineering also provides multiple explosives for extra damage and Nitro Boosts for a burst of speed!

Jewelcrafting is also great because while most other professions force you to take Attack Power, you can pick from any stat with Jewelcrafting's Epic gems, allowing you to adjust your stats as needed.

Using macros and addons makes your life significantly easier when playing Wrath Classic, and they can improve your experience a lot, depending on how skilled you are at customizing them.

If you are interested in learning more about addons and macros suited to Enhancement Shaman, check out our guides below: